Fractal Animation

The Art of Chaos in Motion

April 2007
Edited by Eric Bigas

10 Exceptional Animations
Get the Flash Player to see this video. Lexi by Thomas Ludwig a.k.a. Lycium 1m55s. 2003. IFS fractal with interpolated parameters. Also on Google.	Get the Flash Player to see this video. Universe #3X by Lloyd Garrick a.k.a. Jack of Tradez 4m10s. 2006. Mandelbrot zoom with static parameters. Deepest fractal zoom ever made. Also on animator's website and YouTube.
Get the Flash Player to see this video. 3D Mandelbrot fractal animation 3 by Tekknojunkie 7m36s. 3D Mandelbrot fly-around with zooming and interpolated parameters. Also on YouTube.	Get the Flash Player to see this video. Quaternion Julia Fractal Animation by David J. Grossman 0m19s. 3D quaternion with interpolated parameters. Also on YouTube.
Get the Flash Player to see this video. Fossils (Mandelbrot Deep Zoom #118) by Bill Boll 4m17s. Mandelbrot zoom with static parameters. From the DVD The Amazing Mandelbrot Set. Also on YouTube.	Get the Flash Player to see this video. 031304 by Jock Cooper 1m28s. Sequence of IFS fractals with interpolated parameters. Also on YouTube and animator's website.
Get the Flash Player to see this video. Mandelnautics 2 by Eric Draves a.k.a. Zoom98 0m59s. Mandelbrot zoom with static parameters. Also on YouTube.	Get the Flash Player to see this video. Phoenix Mandelbrot Zoom by Christian Kleinhuis a.k.a. Trifox 0m33s. 2007. Reverse zoom with interpolated parameters. Maps a phoenix fractal into a Mandelbrot. Also on YouTube and animator's website.
Get the Flash Player to see this video. Wondrous by Mark Brennan 5m00s. Parameter interpolation with zooming. From the DVD Biocursion. Also on YouTube and animator's website.	Get the Flash Player to see this video. Cherry Blossom Hexagons by Eric Bigas 2m27s. 2007. Zoom into a Barnsley fractal with interpolated parameters. Available in HD. Also on Google and animator's website.

High-Definition Animations

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by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

0m13s. 2006. Flame interpolation from the Electric Sheep project. Part of the Dreams in High Fidelity installation. 720p. MPEG-4 format. 24MB.

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by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

0m13s. 2006. Flame interpolation from the Electric Sheep project. Part of the Dreams in High Fidelity installation. 720p. MPEG-4 format. 24MB.

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by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

0m13s. 2006. Flame interpolation from the Electric Sheep project. Part of the Dreams in High Fidelity installation. 720p. MPEG-4 format. 24MB.

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by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

0m13s. 2006. Flame interpolation from the Electric Sheep project. Part of the Dreams in High Fidelity installation. 720p. MPEG-4 format. 24MB.

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by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

0m13s. 2006. Flame interpolation from the Electric Sheep project. Part of the Dreams in High Fidelity installation. 720p. MPEG-4 format. 24MB.

Study 1

by Bill Potter

1m22s. 2007. Mandelbrot zoom with interpolated parameters. 720p. H.264. 20 MB. Low-resolution version on Google.

Cherry Blossom Hexagons

by Eric Bigas

2m27s. 2007. Zoom into a Barnsley fractal with interpolated parameters. 720p. XviD (231 MB) and H.264 (229 MB). Low-resolution version on Google.

19th Hole Terraces

by Eric Bigas

1m48s. 2006. Mandelbrot zoom with interpolated parameters. 720p. XviD (180 MB) and H.264 (160 MB). Low-resolution version on Google.

Copperplate Chevrons

by Eric Bigas

1m15s. 2001. Zoom with static parameters. 720p. XviD. 119 MB. Low-resolution version on Google.

DVDs

Biocursion

by Eric Williams, Mark Brennan, Jock Cooper and Lloyd Garrick

2h. 2006. Interpolations and zooms. Reviewed on Fractal Forums.

The Amazing Mandelbrot Set

by Bill Boll

1h40m. 2006. 24 Mandelbrot zooms with static parameters. Reviewed on Fractal Forums.

Spotworks

by Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot

~25m of flame animations and ~1h non-fractal abstract animation. 2004. Reviews. Available for rent in the U.S. from Netflix.

Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics: Computer Experiments in Mathematics

by Robert Devaney

1h3m. 1990. Mathematics lecture by Boston University professor Robert Devaney, including his Mandelbrot and Julia interpolations.

The Colours of Infinity

by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

52m. 1995. Documentary on fractal geometry directed by the author of Introducing Fractal Geometry. Includes Mandelbrot animations with music by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Narrated by sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke and featuring Michael Barnsley, Benoit Mandelbrot and Stephen Hawking. The DVD is included with Lesmoir-Gordon's book Colours of Infinity and is NTSC format. Low-resolution streaming version on Google Video. Reviews and more info at IMDB.

The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set

by John Hubbard

1h13m. 1989. Mathematics lecture by Cornell University professor John Hubbard. Includes Mandelbrot animations. Reviews and more info at IMDB.

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